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Not being profound at statistics should be a strict no-go for anyone practicing medicine. Many great discoveries come from linking different disciplines. I hop
by chopin 7y ago
Not being profound at statistics should be a strict no-go for anyone practicing medicine.
Many great discoveries come from linking different disciplines. I hope there is more to live than just a career. I am very grateful for the broad spectrum I've been given.
- iateanapple 7y ago> Not being profound at statistics should be a strict no-go for anyone practicing medicine. I think you will find that your bar would exclude the overwhelming majority of doctors.
- blaser-waffle 7y agoI need my doctor to have a basic understanding of statistics. I don't need them to have a profound knowledge of anything except their professional specialty. Chances are they took a basic Epidemiology class -- or a class that had it as a component -- and covered "Stat for medical workers." And that should be enough.
- tgflynn 7y agoI disagree. Accurate reasoning under uncertainty is highly non-trivial (as current events with covid-19 are making clear) and is I suspect one of the most important skills a clinician could have for making rational diagnoses and treatment decisions. Whether currently available statistics training is even adequate to the task of teaching this skill is a separate question, the answer to which is unclear to me.